You exist within me (I’d have come to love you anyway)
A playlist for Katsuhira’s and Noriko’s road through the series. From losing each other and themselves to finding themselves in each other.
10 tracks, 41 mins || LISTEN @ 8TRACKS
I tried to pick the songs to fit their POVs during specific episodes, so in case anyone’s interested the tracklist and related info under the cut!
01. Losing Your Memory (R. Star)
The damage is done, the police are coming too slow now731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuimgZQgqH
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGCGyNFOsi
You’re losing your memory now
The night Noriko jumps. Omniscient POV.
02. Home (Ellie Goulding)
I work until it’s late, walk-in, and close the gate731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3ty1YSzeW
This took my life to make731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX1AfrjxJT
On my own, no poison in my bones731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Erv8MlUeV
This is where I build my home731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyY34cmAenU
This will always be my home731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpEkNv2J8w
(I need someone, to hold)
In the years before the series starts, a lonely Noriko pours herself into the Kiznaiver Project. Noriko’s POV.
03. Silhouette (Aquilo)
We’ve become echoes, but echoes that fade away,731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNJ8HJt3L4
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FSCpJYJhc
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBK6O2mu1S
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNWthUF8Pf
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshaIBIGT7j
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17XO5oGK5L
(Just hold me.)
Both Katsuhira and Noriko are only echoes of who they used to be, and Noriko comes to Katsuhira as a silhouette of his past. Mostly Katsuhira’s POV, but also omniscient.
04. Hello My Old Heart (The Oh Hellos)
Hello my old heart, how have you been? Are you still there inside my chest?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60cTumz0E6
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpX3NqgaJs
Oh, I don’t wanna be alone. I wanna find a home and I wanna share it with you.
In Episodes 1 - 4, Katsuhira starts to fall for Noriko all over again and tries to connect with her. Katsuhira’s POV.
05. Who Am I to Say (Hope)
Don’t know anything, at all. Who am I to say you love me?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRXj3cC8Ic
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5saBxfjRxD
I don’t know anything, at all. But I know you loved me.
In Episodes 5 - 8, Noriko starts to wonder if Katsuhira’s feelings for her have changed, after all. Noriko’s POV.
06. When You Find Me (Joshua Radin Ft. Maria Taylor)
Oh I need you to know, today: I’ll wait for you always731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyVyrrMKz3
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntVmSTV8Xg
Can’t you see? That when I find you, I’ll find me.
In Episodes 8 - 9, Katsuhira remembers Noriko and finds himself within her. Katsuhira’s POV.
07. Breathe Me (Sia)
Ouch, I have lost myself again.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkOJiklfaq
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGru00scuyL
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiA7FZkxGZ
I am small and needy. Warm me up and breathe me.
In Episodes 10 - 11, Noriko is desperate to hold onto the Kiznaiver System and the past, to the point she can’t even recognize her true self, which resides inside Katsuhira. “True” Noriko’s POV, aka what she was truly feeling deep down.
08. All of Me (Boyce Avenue Cover)
My head’s underwater, but I’m breathing fine.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpuFfqAvCu
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVStZI2bT4
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnhjZyap9R
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYqxITyE7P
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoqU48QBgK
You’re my end and my beginning
In Episodes 11 - 12, Katsuhira comes to realize he loves all of Noriko, including her flaws. And he is sure she loves him back. Katsuhira’s POV.
09. She is (The Fray)
It’s all up in the air and we stand still, to see what comes down.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRvgbsBd8i
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbZtySgVoC
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQBPxU3qw2
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXtlYGo3RZ
She is everything I needed, she is everything.
In episode 12, Katsuhira bares his heart to Noriko and hopes for the best. Katsuhira’s POV.
10. Arms (Christina Perri)
I can’t decide if I’ll let you save my life or if I’ll drown.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTdxugSPTC
I hope that you see right through my walls.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUHMAO4OF8
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBJkFO6nEO
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4or8voMccN
You put your arms around me and I’m home.
In episode 12, Noriko gives both Katsuhira and herself a hard time but ultimately lets herself be saved and finds a home. Noriko’s POV.
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